Patricia Raring Heller

She attended St John Baptist Grammar School, graduated from Pottsville High School in the class of 1945. She attended Immaculata College in Philadelphia, PA and the Fisher School of Business in Boston, MA.

She married James B. Heller, Jr. on August 9, 1950, at St. Patrick Catholic Church and was married 62 years at the time of his passing.

She was a member of both the Pottsville and Orwigsburg Lionettes Clubs and the Orwigsburg Owls`She also enjoyed socializing as a lifelong member the Schuykill Country Club and the Pottsville Club. She was very outgoing and had many friends. She loved her family and her church. She was greatly loved and will be missed.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her brother F. Robert Raring and sister Mary Jane Raring Sharshon.

She is survived by her son James B. Heller, IV and his wife Jeannie of Columbia, SC and her daughter Christine Dougherty and her husband James of Baltimore, MD. She has six grandchildren and six great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staffs of the Waterford of Columbia and Wildewood Downs in Columbia for all their help and support for many years.

A mass to celebrate the life of Patricia will be held in Columbia, SC at a future date.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 721 Polo Rd., Columbia, SC 29223 or The Oliver Gospel Mission, PO Box 7791, Columbia, SC 29202.